“Jalen Brunson is a great young man and I am lucky to be able to coach him”: Jason Kidd and NBA Twitter shower praise on Mavericks point guard for his career night in Luka Doncic’s absence

Akash Murty | 19/04/2022
"Jalen Brunson is a great young man and I am lucky to be able to coach him": Jason Kidd and NBA Twitter shower praise on Mavericks point guard for his career night in Luka Doncic's absence

Jalen Brunson is not scared of big moments, scoring 40-points in the absence of Luka Doncic asked for massive praise, he got all of it, and more.

The Dallas Mavericks hosted the Utah Jazz Monday night for the second game of the first round of the Playoffs. Having already lost their first game at home, this game was kind of a must-win game for the Mavs if they wanted to keep themselves in the series. 

And boy did they not do that while showing us one of the best Playoffs performances thus far. While they were at that, the Jazz didn’t bother much to take the game and the series further away from Mavericks’ reach with the luxury of Luka Doncic’s absence. 

Not only Dallas were without their MVP but also lagged their best off-the-ball scorer in Tim Hardaway Jr. in the starting line-up. Surprisingly, Utah still lagged the hunger to go 2-0 up in the series, but Jalen Brunson didn’t.

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The 25-year-old point guard showed what he’s capable of leading a severely short-handed Mavericks lineup. The 2x NCAA champ looked like an All-Star, All-NBA caliber player and brought his A-game for the night. He posted a career-high 41 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and mind-boggling 0 turnovers, leading his team to a 110-104 comeback win against the gutless Utah Jazz team. 

And NBA Twitter along with Ja Morant showered him with praises that no one would imagine for the 6’1 guard before this game.

The praise from the coach.

Some are calling for him to be the 2nd star of a contending team.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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